New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 70

70 Exempted areas

(1) The holder of a petroleum title may not, except with the consent of the Minister, exercise any of the rights conferred by the title on land in an exempted area.

(2) The Minister's consent may be given unconditionally or subject to conditions.

(3) The Minister may not grant consent under this section in respect of lands within a state recreation area under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 without the concurrence in writing of the Minister for the time being administering that Act.

(4) In this section--

"exempted area" means an area constituted by land--

(a) reserved, dedicated, appropriated, resumed or acquired for public purposes (except land reserved for a temporary common or a commonage), whether vested in the Crown or in any person as trustee for public purposes, or

(b) held under a lease for water supply by virtue of a special lease or otherwise, or

(c) transferred, granted or vested in trust by the Crown for the purpose of a race-course, cricket-ground, recreation reserve, park or permanent common or for any public purpose, or

(d) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.